Rapist's prison release challenged by prosecutor

The Macomb County prosecutor is challenging the state Parole Boardís decision to release from prison a 57-year-old man who raped a Warren woman and served about two years beyond his minimum 20-year term.

Paul Jobakís potential release will be subject of a hearing Tuesday in front of Judge Matthew Switalski in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens.

Jobak pleaded guilty in July 1991 to three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct for attacking a young woman in her Warren home in December 1990 and forcing her into vaginal, oral and anal sex. Circuit Judge Michael Schwartz, now retired, sentenced him to 20 to 45 years in prison.

Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith said Jobak committed the act only nine months after his release from prison for a conviction by plea of second-degree criminal sexual conduct in Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac in which he sexually assaulted a woman at knifepoint in 1985. He was sentenced in 1986 to three to 15 years. He was released after four years.

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ďIt is clear Jobak is likely to attack and rape another woman,Ē Smith said in a prepared statement. ďThis inmate has demonstrated he cannot be rehabilitated and presents a dangerous risk to the public when released. He needs to stay in prison and serve his full sentence as ordered by the court.Ē

Smith said that Schwartz ordered that Jobak first serve 15 years for the Oakland County case before starting his 20-45 year term.

Prison records show that Jobak completed five months of sex offender treatment in prison but previously refused to participate in therapy, Smith said. Jobak also has a high risk of serious substance abuse and psychological problems, and is considered a high-risk sex offender, he said.

Smith has challenged at least 15 releases over the past 2-1/2 years and has prevailed in stopping several of them.